Helen Albert, 1932-2009

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 30, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Columbia with the Msgr. Michael Flanagan officiating. Entombment will be in Memorial Cemetery in Columbia. Harold Powell, James Powell, Tom Stephens, Kevin Towns, Dick Beers and Marvin Wright will serve as pallbearers.

Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. until the time of services Monday at the church.Mrs. Albert was born Feb. 27, 1932, in Itwanba County, Miss., to Cleveland Augusta and Kara Lee Pearson Powell.

She was united in marriage to Donald R. Albert on Jan. 30, 1970, in Birmingham, Ala., and he survives.

She was a volunteer for 19 years at Boone County Hospital in Columbia.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, J.W. Powell; and one sister, Merlene Trefinger.

Survivors also include one son, Paul Houston and wife Jeanette of Columbia; two grandchildren, Matthew and Rebecca Houston; three brothers, her twin Harold Powell of Senath, James Powell and wife Nell of Hornersville and Maxwell Powell of Cambridge, Ohio; several nieces, nephews and other relatives; and many friends.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 S. Fifth St., Elsberry, Mo., 63343.